Jack for lifting and transporting motor-cars, &amp;c.



No. 811,116. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. H. ADA-MS.

JACK FOR LIFTING'AN'D TRANSPORTING MOTOR (JARS, 6m.

APPLIOLTIOE TILED MAR. 11, 1905.

3O Monson Colonnade, Tml'bridgo Wol I m.- m 1,1 m.

flpeciflcation of lllletzters Po/tent.

Patented an 30, 1906.

llppllcosiou filed March 11,. 1905. Serial No 249,601.

To will whosvn it may conoowz:

ltlo it known that l, lilENRY ADAMS, a subjoot of the King of Great Britain, residing at; ls, in the county oflilent, England, have lnvou Gil on lmprovod Jack for Lifting and 'lmnsporl-ing Motor-Cars and other Vohloless, of which. the following is o spoolliloation.

My invention has for its )lljflfll) to provldoo flllli; which shall ho simple owl con voniont for use for lifting a :motormm or other volliolo and when so raised. to olwblo sold cm or we lll'olo to be readily UfEmIlS} )QZt0(l or mmlouvored in a, small spoce.

According to my invent-ion I oons'xl'uol', tho. jool: essentially of a column or strut mounted upon Wlooolo and provided with o, claw. oxlo- :root, or handle-"love? or other operating dovioo, so

its normal voltiool position so so lo ongngo mo olmw' under film axle of. loo Voloolo, sold oolunm may loo again Fa-156d. 'lEO lts veruool poo ion (by moons of the shall. or othor opombm device) -"l;l'lor oby nusmg tho vol: "lo

upon sold jock, which being on Wheels ooolalos tho some, with the vehicle, to lvo maneuvered about as; desired.

lo the ocoompanymg drawings l. have SliQWlTl three formo'of my invention.

More 1 is a sectional side olovotion, and ional 911d olo'vzltlon, of one om om'plo; and Fig. is a sirle elevation of o modl fie-Ll form of .lioio oxomplo illustrating its use.

l I r Fig. 4 o, sectional sldo. oievotlon ol another mrom lo Ming; now to Figs. 3., 2, and 3, which 'roprooamt simple forms of my invez'ltion, a is as,

law li: lill'f column Wl'l i all lo intoglal with corri-or- 'mo 5, o 'wlnol 4.! (preferably loolliontfir .mountoll z a each and, as ol'zownl 'mm o prov had with a romtolllo on. k got or Ml o slam mov'idod,with o olow or rest.

o o", is orrm'lgad. to l.-l'3l6h(fl}')d into said oooliot all and column The height of will claw-stem may bo Illa/loll. l \7 means ol :1 plnfi wlllol ls glossed owl J. 291' ol 'lfoo llolosj" i l the stem. 9 is o 51 mi 01'. lli'il'llll-l"fil' Wl'lNf-ll 1s fixed to tho oolumn. o and strengthened by like slay g". ,fii lllg; 's o strut, which is lbzocl in o lllgf'ml tho shall Lo oor'vo as a support for mitlolmft. i if; o ii l'ml'nllo which is fixed lo lnllo oiocl of the All; g. oollon, oil" this llilmplo loam of my own-lotion slowly lmlior oq'uivolont, owl suiloblo .olml'lt mllar d, laolll therein by ll 1x surow -'tlnomle(l pillar l, tlw uppof owl ol which cor-- l'los the oon'zlwt d, lllUlllltBtl on tho bolllmow lngsd" and claw-soon: a, lommllly held. therein. Surmuncling and engaging; with sold. screw threaded pillow Zis n t on, wh'lll is fixed to or integral with oovol-whool m, tho out on being; pli'efombly carried upon boll-hearings m. The bowl-wheel and nut ore rot olod by a. lm'vel-plniem o, mounted in hearings in the ozwrlowlmlno and fixed upon the lower and of o llomlblo sl'lofl; 3),. which is lives to be rotated Within tho mhulomlmlt orlovor g,tl1o shaft 3; being rotated by moons of the 'l--l1o11- (llo 'llu's folm. of jack mm; oloo he projviclod with o strut 2v :imd. slay-lam? g", and the screw 'lll'ozemilod pillar 3 only ho proventod .ll'om rotating: by .suitolvlo moans. This form of jack, .llgu l, may ho mood in a similar 111mb nor to that shown in Fig. 3, or it .z'amy be looatoll under the mile and the pillar, cloiwstem, and. axle raised by moons of tho bevol gear and nut-l When in use, the whools I} become for tho time being tho front WllBBlS of the cm" or vol'llGlO, and the slow 0 being rotatable Within tho column a, 91m bios tho oar 01* volliole to be more readily nmnou'vm'od 1'11 small opooe Hm-n would be possihlo in tho usuolxwoy.

l. A jack for lifm'n and larsmsportingimotor-ours, carriages our the like, oonmrlsing a column. a corrlovlrmno so )porling sold ool' 1111111 and. mounted upon wlloolo, on ilXliE-IG-Sl; rotatobly carried by said column, and means enabling mid oolm'rm L0 be tll'toql and also roo l; o m l. forth,

12. A j'a'olc for the purposes aforesaid, comprising a tubular column, corrlox fralmo mmpcirting sold column wheels on said. frame, a rotatable sookot in mid oolun'm, an axlerost carried. in mid socket, and. o lover-handle (enabling said. oolunm, "no loo tiltocl and rost-orocl to its nornml vomiool pooltioo, as sot llOllllL 3. A. jock or the purpose-lo olorosald,oon1- prising atubular column, a fill'll,91-fl'ttlll0 ouppol'tiuo; ozllil (lillllllll'LflK/llfifilS on said. frame, o sil'llololllo ooolzol mounted upon "boll-loomm normal vortlool position, as sot ings in said column, an axle-rest carried. in said soeket, a height-adjustn'ient device for said column, a lever-handle, and a strut sup porting said jack in its normal position, as set forth.

4. A jack for the purposes aforesaid, comprising a tubular column, a carrier-frame supporting said column and. mounted on wheels, a tubular pillar adapted to slide in said column, a rotatable socket in said pillar,

. an axle-rest carried in said socket, alieightadjustment device for said rest, a nut engagmg a screw-thread on said pillar, means rotating said nut when operated, a lever-handle,

and a strut, as set forth.

5. A jack for the purposes aforesaid, eo'mprising, a tubular column, a carrier-frame supporting said column and mounted on Wheels, a tubular pillar, a rotatable socket in said pillar, an axle-restoarried in said socket, I a height-adjustment device forsaid rest, a nut l engaging a screw-thread on said pillar, ball- I bearingsrfor said nut, a bevel-Wheel fixed to i said nut, a bevel-pinion mounted in bearings in said carrier-frame, a tubular lever-handle fixed to said frame, a flexible shaft carried in said tubular lever-handle and fixed at one end to said bevel-pinion and at the other end to a suitable rotative means, and a strut, as set forthj Dated this :2] st day of February, 1905.

HEN RY ADAMS.

f VJitnesses:

GEORGE (J. DOWNING, WALTER J. SKERTEN. 

